ICOL News and Press, iShares Inc MSCI Colombia From 11/12/20

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Colombia's economic outlook is worsening as oil prices soften. A lack of investment and proven reserves could challenge Colombia's economic growth. The decline of Colombia's oil industry could trigger an economic crisis. For further details see: Colombia's Declining Oil ...

Latin American and Caribbean economies need help, but organizations like the IDB are also stretched thin. With Latin America and the Caribbean potentially facing years of difficulties due to the pandemic and related economic crises, attention has shifted to what multilateral institutions...

Mohamed El-Erian recently highlighted a perceived disconnect between emerging market stocks ( EEM ) and fundamentals on Twitter. The rebounding emerging markets index is every bit as peculiar as the sharp rebound in domestic indices since the lows of earlier this year, which, despite ...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Latin America and the Caribbean have become the new COVID-19 global epicenter. The human cost has been tragic, with over 100,000 lives lost. The economic toll has also been steep. The Wor...

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Ecopetrol ( EC -24% ) suffers its worst single-day loss ever, leading a rout in Colombian stocks triggered by tumbling crude prices. More news on: Ecopetrol S.A., Global X MSCI Colombia ETF, iShares MSCI Colombia Capped ETF, Energy stocks news, Stocks on the move, News on ETFs, Read ...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean stagnated in 2019, continuing with the weak growth momentum of the previous five years and adding more urgency and new challenges to re...

Source: Pexels/Kaique Rocha Until recently, I have been generally bullish on Latin American nations. Most (ex. Venezuela and Cuba) had stable centrist leadership that was focused on weeding out entrenched corruption and improving global investor confidence via pro-business reforms. Its e...

Introduction Last month I wrote about why investors should consider investing in a global equity index (such as the VT ETF). In summary, I said that global investing provides exposure to different, not perfectly correlated economies. So if you don’t have any reason to believe that a...